Telephone-directory.



W. G. FRENCH.

TELEPHONE DIRECTORY.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 11, 191:0.

974,957. I Patented N0v.8,1910.

FIG. 5 nab MEMORANDUM |3 l3 WITNESSES: INVENTOR #1 J64 )W BY v A TTORNEY "UIT WALLACE G. FRENCH, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

TELEPHONE-DIRECTORY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 8, 1910.

Application filed March 11, 1910. Serial No. 548,629.

T 0 all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, Il ALLAoE G. FRnNoH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California,have invented new and useful Improvements in TelephoneDirectories, ofwhich the following is a specific-ation.

The object of the present invention is to provide a device to beattached to a telephone transmitter or the stand therefor, and whichshall contain memorandum cards or sheets upon which can be inscribednames and telephone numbers, by which these numbers can be readilyascertained; and which by serving as an advertising device, can beprofitably sold at a low price.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing myimproved device applied to a telephone transmitter stand; Fig. 2 is afront view of the card frame detached; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectionof the tube; Fig. 4 is a cross section on the line 47-4: of Fig. 2; Fig.5 is a front view and Fig. 6 an edge view of a memorandum card.

Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates the stand of a telephonetransmitter 2. Around said stand is clamped, by a screw 3, a'strongmetal strap 4:, which is extended to form, as shown at 5, the mainportion of a support for the telephone directory. From about the middleof said portion 5 extends at right angles thereto a round rod or shaft6, which extends about half way into a tube 7. Said tube has securedthereon at the outer end a milled disk 8, by which it can be turned uponsaid rod as a shaft. Also secured upon said tube near its ends aresomewhat larger disks 9, each formed upon its inner face with a circularseries of recesses 10, to receive the reduced ends 11 of metallic clips12, which are clamped upon adjacent corners of a memorandum card 13.Said cards can readily be removed from between said disks by bendingthem slightly, whereupon the reduced ends of the clips can be withdrawnfrom the recesses for the same. Also secured upon said tube, midwaybetween the disks 9, is a smaller disk 15 which supports the inner edgesof the cards at the middle. The metal strap 4 is bent at right angles orparallel with the shaft 6 at the end as shown at 16, and is then bentinward a short distance, as shown at 17 and upon its end are formednotches 18 adapted to engage the outer edges of the cards in their upperposition. In their lower position, the outer edges of the cards aresupported upon a rod 19 extending parallel with the shaft 6 from thelower portion of the support 5. The outer terminal portion 20 of saidrod is bent back at right angles, and is also formed with notches 21.

The cards are preferably ruled on one side as shown at 23 to enable theuser to write the names and telephone numbers of persons with whom hemost frequently communicates and are alphabetically indexed on saidsides. The other side is preferably used for advertisements, as shown at24, so that the device can be made a source of profit to themanufacturer although soldat a low price or even given away. The outerend of the tube is open for the insertion therein of a pencil 25 for theconvenience of the user.

I claim In combination with a support provided with means for securingit to a stand or the like, upper and lower parallel members secured atone end to said support, the other ends of said members being free, ashaft rigidly secured at one end to said support and extendingsubstantially parallel with said upper and lower members, the other endof said shaft being free, a tube rotatably and removably mounted on saidshaft, disks secured upon said tube, each having a circular series ofrecesses, memorandum cards and metallic clips secured upon adj acentcorners of said cards and having reduced ends in said recesses,substantially as described. a

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

WALLACE G. FRENCH.

Witnesses I FRANCIS W. WRIGHT, D. B. RICHARDS.

